I seen 1 shooter Buck at work this morning on the Cameras chasing a Doe and 3 more shooters on the way home running the does. Unfortunatly I am not allowed to hunt the grounds at work. I decided to go home and sleep and hit it in the evening. So I Went out again lastnight and seen a little Doe but no Bucks. I was kinda shocked that nothing was moving after what I seen in the morning, I did something I have never done and that was the use of a drag line with Doe Urine. I didn't know what to expect. either way Only one deer and nothing else moving. the wind was blowing pretty hard which did not help the situation. Oh well will try again.

Hey guys and gal. I just wanted to say hi. I have not been able to get out yet with this leg. The Doc won't even clear me to go back to work yet. Says I have to keep it up until it heals further. Maybe I will be able to get out a couple of times towards the end of the season.

Jen good luck finding that big boy. That had to be awesume just seeing a deer like that in the woods.

I'll keep checking back in to see how everyone is doing. Remember I am hunting thru all of you now. GO GET 'EM for me.

I was going to go hunting this morning and over slept[:@][:@]!!! Thats 2 days in a row. I was almost late for my college class yesterday. I'm heading out from 1:00 till dark this afternoon. Last night was our first frost, they would have been moving like crazy.
Good luck Guys and Gal!!!!

Well guys and gals, I just got back into town yesterday without any luck

I probably saw over 200 deer in the last week, but could not bet one under my stand[:@]

I was sure hoping to get us a nice one for the board. Oh well, I still have my rut here in MS to come and I am also considering going back to IL later in the year. Good luck to all.

Kard, at least you were able to get out in the afternoon. I always seem to see more deer in the evening then in the morning.

Hey DC don't worry about it. I'll bet you can find one at home come rut time. Just walk careful so your season doesn't end suddenly.

well the rut is on big time here seeing alot of bucks andhave yet to get a shot at one one week till first shotgun season starts so i will hit it hard for the team

Well I'm going out again today to try to bag something before shot gun season opens. The gun season lasts 3 weeks and then 3 weeks of muzzel loader. I have to wear something orange during this time. I ended up seeing a large doe and 2 yearlings Thursday evening. I was out for 2 hours while it was drizzleing the whole time. I hope I get something. I don't gun hunt so i'll be arrowing something hopefully. I am planing on going out at least twice over Saturday and Sunday.

I hope everyone gets Lucky

KK

Well, things are winding down here season-wise. Tomorrow is the last day for archery - then we have a two week break until the gun season starts on the 29th. I have hunted just about every day since Oct. 2nd and I am exhausted. I will put in my last day but I am feeling bummed out. I was sure I was going to get a buck during the regular archery season. I'm only bummed out about not getting a buck. I can't complain about not seeing any deer - as I look back over the season I was lucky to have seen deer every day I went out. Some people are not even seeing deer... I did get a nice doe and I am ever thankful for that.
Now, I know you all are going to want me to use my bow during the gun season but I'm not sure I want to. I get awful cold when I have to sit still during the really cold days. It is almost unbearable, especially since I do not have any camo for freezing weather. At least during the gun season I can get up and move around. If we have some warmer days then I will go with the bow. I am mainly hunting to fill the freezer.
The other day I had an interesting encounter with a deer. When I was going to my ground blind before light I spooked some deer. There were at least three deer. As I passed thru the area I could really smell the deer - it smelled just like a bottle of Tinks. Anyway, this one doe did not spook. She stayed within 30 yards of where I went. I get to my blind and she just walks around and begins eating the leaves off wild raspberry canes. Now it is getting light out. She knows I am there as she watched me come in and she watched me get set in my blind, however she decides to bed down. Eventually I forgot about her. Around noon time I decided to get up and go over to the edge of the property to hang a couple of No Trespassing signs. Anyway, I walked up to about 15 feet of this doe crunching leaves all the way. She at least gets up but then just stands there and looks at me. I couldn't shoot her cause I already used my tag for this area. Oh well, I decide to hang my sign. I walk over and hang the sign making all kinds of noise. The doe is still there watching and eating leaves. What a dumb doe! I wonder if she is retarded, half blind or deaf? I leave the area and go back in for lunch and she just stands there. Why couldn't that doe be a nice buck?
Ok guys, you can yell at me now. Use the bow, use the bow!!!!

Well Jen if I'd had a gun this morning I would have bagged a nice 8pt maybe 80-90 inch. I missed on it at 25-30 yards. Just low. He just kept walking. I did see a doe at 80 yards, it was grazing and decided to bed down when the buck walked by. It was there until my cousin walked up on me. He had hit a doe with a muzzelloader at 6:10 in the morning. He tracked it into a neighbors property so he wanted me to help. We found the deer 20 yards into the thicket. A nice large doe. Its stomac was really bloated. We drug the deer out with his ATV. My cousin kept saying how much work his thumb was doing. I've never had to drag a deer out. I'll be back out tonight and tomorrow morning and evening if i don't get anything.
We took the deer to a deer processor. I saw 12 bucks. One was a typical 10 with two identical brow tines on both sides. Most were small though.

back to hunting in a bit.
I'm wanting a deer badly but I'll just keep using my bow and putting in my time.
I'm needing a deer!!!
see ya
KK

Hey I finally got one tonight. Its a whopper!! (sarcasim) As I said in my previous post I missed a 8pt this morning. Well I got a 5 pt tonight. Small fork with one browtine and the other one was broken. I had a horrible shot, I hit him in the hind[:@][:@]. He walked and stumbled 20 yards and laid down for 5 minutes and then got back up slowly and walked 15 yards and stood still. I knew he was hurt and it was 10 minutes till dark. After 20 minutes I got down out of the stand and walked slowly toward him. I got up to it and he was still breathing so I stuck him again. I can't beleive he only made it 50 yards from the stand. It was fine with me. It was weird that my cousin hits a deer in the middle of his body right in back of his front shoulder and it makes it 150+ yards and I hit a deer in a horrible shot and it goes 50 yards. Tonight I was bow hunting and 2 others were gun hunting and I'm the only one to get one!
Well I have more meat for the freezer Not a trophey[], and I didn't even hurt my truck

I'll post the pic when I get it developed (I don't have a digital) and the score of it. I'm guessing 30-40 inchs.[] I'm shooting for having this done by Friday.

Good luck everyone,

KK